RE: [PHP] php as cron

to stop errors from being email to you, redirect stderr to /dev/null: */2 * * * * /home/crontest.php > /dev/null 2> /dev/null -----Original Message----- From: Jay Paulson [mailto:jpaulson@lbjs.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 6:19 AM To: me@shanewright.co.uk; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] php as cron I was wondering how to disable the auto email after the cron job is done. How exactly do you disable it? thanks for the help btw! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Wright" <me@shanewright.co.uk> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] php as cron > Hi > > You probably need to set the path to your PHP binary in crontab. > > Alternatively (this is probs a better way), wrap the whole lot up in a simple > shell script and get cron to run the shell script. > > It's easier than it sounds... > > #!/bin/bash > cd /path/to/php/scripts > php < myscript.php > /dev/null > > (also, I tend not to have PHP direct output to /dev/null, but to configure > cron not to send emails on completion - that way you get the info when you > run the script on the command line but dont get overrun with pointless emails) > > Hope that helps :) > > -- > Shane > > On Monday 10 Dec 2001 5:54 pm, Jay Paulson wrote: > > I'm trying to test php running as a cron job and I have installed php as a > > CGI in /usr/local/bin and I have edited my crontab file to call a php file > > every two minutes. However, it's not working and I was wondering if you > > all would know what's going on. Anyway, here's how I have things set up. > > > > crontab file: > > */2 * * * * php /home/crontest.php > /dev/null > > > > crontest.php: > > #!/usr/local/bin/php -q > > <?php > > mail("email@email.com","cron test", "testing",NULL); > > ?> > > > > email I'm receiving with error: > > Subject: Cron <> php /home/crontest.php > /dev/null > > Body: /bin/sh: php: command not found > > > > thanks for any help. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net